It would be interesting to see the photos if you can provide them. >A guy I know built a house with cord-wood construction + papercrete. > He used unwanted paper pulp from a local paper mill, mixed with > regular > mortar I believe. I don't remember the proportions. > It's a very unique type of building and it looks very nice. I can > find > pictures if you're interested. I see that there is a NZ group actively involved in papercrete construction. Russell McMahon http://www.livinginpaper.com/index.htm http://www.livinginpaper.com/tests.htm http://www.nzsses.org.nz/Conference/Session5/59%20Tonks.pdf -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist